SINGLES: Waters lost to Kinnear 1h; Bowe bt Kenwright 2&1; Walker lost to Carroll 2h; Spence lost to Kelly 5&3, Whitfield lost to Clarkson 6&5; Atkinson halved with Doherty; Postlethwaite lost to Blundell 5&3; Sowerby lost to Brice 1h; Longcake halved with Cranfield; Bell halved with Winn; Kendall lost to McFerran 2&1; Thursby lost to Rooney 3&2.

Meanwhile Yorkshire, who overcame Northumberland 12-6 at Hexham, are in second place two points adrift of their Red Rose rivals while Cheshire lost their unbeaten record when they succumbed to Durham by a single point at Brancepeth Castle.